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French presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella wants Brussels to know that if he reaches the Élysée, he won’t follow Italian PM Giorgia Meloni’s path from insurgent outsider to pragmatic EU power broker. POLITICO’s Marion Solletty joins Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur to discuss her wide-ranging interview with the far-right leader — including his plans to confront the EU, his pitch to French voters, and what his rise could mean for Europe. Then, Zoya and Nick preview the G7 summit in Évian, where Emmanuel Macron’s challenge is to keep Donald Trump engaged as leaders discuss China, Ukraine and the Middle East. Plus:…
The FIFA World Cup 2026 is well underway as the participating teams kick off their opening fixtures in the group stage. The fight for crucial points is already on as teams look to secure top two standing to qualify for the knockout rounds. Sunday has already seen some of the biggest names in world football take the centre stage while other teams, participating in their first ever World Cup have already made history. In what is seen as the first big clash of the tournament, five-time World Cup winners Brazil took on reigning Africa champions Morocco in a heavyweight Group…
Ein Foto aus Sachsen-Anhalt bringt das politische Berlin und Magdeburg seit dem Wochenende in Wallung. Zu sehen sind CDU-Fraktionschef Guido Heuer und AfD-Spitzenkandidat Ulrich Siegmund, die sich während einer Podiumsdiskussion scheinbar vertraut ein Mikrofon teilen. Statt sich reflexartig in geübter Empörung an einer bröckelnden Brandmauer abzuarbeiten, plädiert Gordon Repinski für eine Rückkehr zur harten, inhaltlichen Debatte. Warum verpasst die Union die Chance, die AfD bei ihren eigentlichen Schwachpunkten zu stellen? Den Spaziergang mit Ulrich Siegmund gibt es hier zum Nachhören. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, kulturpolitischer Sprecher der AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt. Der Vertraute von Björn Höcke erteilt jeglicher Koalition oder Tolerierung…
LONDON — Insurgent politicians and rebel MPs are vastly outpacing their establishment rivals on the social media platform TikTok, new analysis shared with POLITICO shows. Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, is the most effective U.K. political performer on the video-sharing site, according to a study of the views, virality, frequency and engagement of more than 11,000 TikTok posts since the start of the year. The new ranking — drawn up by Knox Digital, a consultancy run by two former Downing Street digital advisers — puts ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who now heads up the upstart left-wing Your Party, in second.…
Alors que certains parmi les 27 espèrent boucler les négociations avant la fin de l’année, Bardella pointe d’ailleurs du doigt le calendrier, qu’il juge pensé exprès pour “verrouiller un budget avant un éventuel changement de majorité en France”. Une façon de faire “profondément anti-démocratique”, selon lui. “Nous rendrons aux Français leur argent”, assure-t-il, prévenant la Commission européenne que si elle veut trouver plus de fonds, il lui faudrait couper dans ses dépenses de fonctionnement. Alliance polonaise Si Jordan Bardella avait surpris son monde, au mois de mai, en parlant de ses “convergences idéologiques” avec le chancelier conservateur allemand Friedrich Merz,…
Updated: 14/06/2026 – 22:46 GMT+2 Thousands of Dutch fans dressed in orange marched, danced and chanted outside Dallas Stadium ahead of the Netherlands’ World Cup match against Japan. A handful of Japanese supporters also joined the festive pre-match atmosphere. … More
Sánchez responded to Trump’s pro-fossil fuel “Drill, baby, drill” slogan with one of his own: “Green, baby, green,” echoing his government’s commitment to renewable energy. Madrid has set a target of deriving 81 percent of its electricity output from renewables by 2030, well above the EU average. His administration has also stridently defended immigration on economic and humanitarian grounds — and is currently in the process of legalizing the status of at least half a million unauthorized foreign workers. “Unless they embrace migration, [Western countries] will experience a sharp demographic decline that will prevent them from keeping their economies and…
Thousands of demonstrators converged in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday, to protest against leaders of the G7 group of rich countries ahead of the summit’s opening in a nearby town in France. The three-day summit starting this Monday in the resort town of Evian-les-Bains, France, will see leaders discuss issues including the Middle East, Ukraine and global economic imbalances. Most of the leaders will be arriving at Geneva Airport before making their way to Evian. Clashes broke out between protesters and police near the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Sunday, as protesters threw bottles, stones, pieces of cement and firecrackers…
Two helicopters collided in mid-air over the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning, killing all six people on board. American singer Oliver Tree, 32, and Argentine YouTuber Gaspar Prim, known online as Gaspi, 23, were among the dead. The collision occurred at around 09:00 local time (14:00 CEST) above the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood in the city’s southwest. One of the aircraft was carrying five people; the other had only its pilot. There were no survivors. Rio de Janeiro’s Civil Police identified the victims as Tree, passengers Lucas Brito Chaves and Lucas Vignale, Argentine content creator Gaspar…
Published on 14/06/2026 – 12:45 GMT+2•Updated 12:46 Russian attacks killed two and injured four in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, according to police reports. “A 64-year-old woman died as a result of enemy drone strikes in the Bilopol community, and men aged 51 and 66 were wounded,” Ukraine’s national police claims. The Seredino-Budsk community was also hit, killing a 57-year-old woman. “The enemy used guided aerial bombs, attack UAVs, FPV drones, artillery and mortars,” police reports. These casualties are the result of shelling in 17 communities of the Sumy region. Industrial facilities hit 700km into Russia A chemical plant, an oil depot…